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Aloha Spirit Undying Olympians New arrivals Two brothers Marine wrestlers treated to reconcile grapple their way Polynesian Culture in ghostly reunion to Los Angeles See Page A-8 See Page A-4 See Page B-1 HAWAII MARINE Voluntary payment for delivery to MCAS sing/S I per four-week period. VOL. 13 NO. 29 K AN EOHE KAY. HAWAII. JULY 19, 1984 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Atlle POW/MIA Day (CODE liDS-5 America honors those who sacrificed ate ceremonies and activities." whether reported dead or alive. decisive action to ensure the by Sgt. Christopher Wood "Appropriate ceremonies" in There have been approximately return of those involved." Their ordeals are scribed in the the Oahu area include one aboard 2,575 reports made to U.S. At the Memorial Day interment annals of sacrifice. But the the USS Arizona Memorial, officials since the fall of Saigon in of the Vietnam Unknown at complete story of their trauma is during which Admiral William J. 1975. Three-hundred fifty-nine of Arlington National Cemetery, part of an ongoing biography -a Crowe Jr., Commander-in-Chief, those correlated to individuals President Reagan reaffirmed chronicle of courage; a story of U.S. Pacific Command, will since accounted for. And 105 are America's commitment to those valor; and a supreme testament to speak. known or suspected fabrications. Vietnam servicemen still missing the durability of the human Additionally, at least a dozen But 175 reports are of Americans in action. "One way to honor spirit. servicemembers are scheduled to held against their will and are those who served or may still be America remembers its reenlist during the ceremony, under high -priority investiga- serving in Vietnam is to gather prisoners of war and servicemen with the reenlistment oath tion. The remaining reports here and rededicate ourselves to massing in action July 20, not as administered by Navy Capt. pertain to hearsay sightings and securing the answers for the a way of endingthe book but as a Gerald L. Coffee, a Vietnam-era to crash site and grave site families of those missing in way of drawing attention to its prisoner of war. information. action. I ask the members of tragic pages. Said President There were 4,120 POWs in Stated a June message from the Congress, the leaders of veterans' Ronald Reagan, in a message World War I, and 3,350 MIAs; in Secretary of Defense, given the groups and the citizens of an proclaiming the date as National World War II, 130,201 POWs, above circumstances, it would be entire nation . to give these POW/MIA Recognition Day, 78,751 MIAs; in Korea, 7,140 irresponsible to rule out the families your help and your "On this day, I firmly believe that POWs, 8,177 MIAs; and in possibility that live Americans support, for they still sacrifice we should recognize the special Vietnam, there were 826 POWs are currently being held captive. and suffer. debt all Ami,;eans owe to our and 2,489 listed as missing in Although we have thus far been "Vietnam is not over for them. fellow citizen who gave up their action. unable to prove that Americans They cannot rest until they know freedom in the service of our Although POW/MIA Day is are still detained against their the fate of those they loved and country and to the families who intended to recognize the will, the information available to watched march off to serve their to have undergone a great travail. contributions of all of , these us precludes ruling. out that country Our dedication their "I call on all Americans to join servicemen, special attention is ,possibility. cause must be strengthened with Pn honoring all former American given to thinie listed as missing in "Actions to investigate live. these events today. We write no prisoners of war, those still ".iiction in the Vietnam conflict sighting reports receive, and will Into chapters. We dose a,, books. missing, and their families who because of keen public interest. continue to receive, necessary We put away no final memories. endured the uncommon sacrifices Efforts to garner information priority and resources based on An end to America's involvement Rot.ogliition Da. July, 20 1984 on behalf of their country. I also about those Americans are the assumption that at least some in Vietnam cannot come before call upon state and local officials continuous, with U.S. officials Americans are still held captive. we've achieved the fullest and private organizations to interviewing refugees about the Should any report prove true, the possible accounting of those observe this day with appropri- whereabouts of those missing, president has pledged to take missing in action." Water condition forces cutback Hawaiian legend reminesces Due to the shortage of rainfall Those personnel residing in 4. Use buCkets, not hoses, to Former RAF recalls POW days on Oahu, the Board of Water even numbered buildings may wash vehicles. Supply, city and county of water Tuesday; Thursday, and 5. Don't leave a hose running Honolulu, has declared an Sunday, between 6 and 8 p.m. unattended and report all leaking by Sgt. Christopher Wood "Alert Low Water Condition" in Areas outside of housing may or dripping faucets and valves to Through his eyes can be seen a effect. be watered between 7 and 9 a.m., the Facilities trouble desk, 257- time of legend - days of glory Personnel and their families or 6 and 13 p.m. on any day. 2380. and devastation before and after hoses to water plants aboard the Air Station are asked Hand-held Anyone found America's entry into World War provided violating the II. to reduce their water consump. may be used any time, water hours will water is not wasted. be issued notices And though he is balding and lion by 25 percent. According to and/or tickets. Penalties will Department here, To take the maximum vary graying at 67, Honolulu-born W. the Facilities from a warning to a formal Morgan recalls in vivid 78,286,000 gallons of water were advantage of the watering hours, letter to the offender Brewster the following guidelines are to the most detail his years battling the used during June. Efforts have severe - consideration for to conserve, but an provided: Germans in the skies of Europe as been made so possible eviction from family Royal increased cutback is still 1. Don't overwater lawns housing, an American pilot with the or minimal external Force and later, as a pilot with warranted. runoff occurs. water for a period not less than Air 2. Water only lawns and three months. Accompanying the U.S. Army Air Corps. As of July 12, the lawn shrubbery, not streets, bare the "Our main mission as fighter watering schedule changed. In notice will be billing charges for out the fields, buildings and sidewalks. labor expended pilots was to knock the family housing area, hose to to turn off, and German Luftwaffe on the ground 3. Don't use a water later turn on, the water. personnel residing in odd clear debris, leaves, etc., from and in the air," Morgan said in an numbered buildings may water work areas, lanais, driveways, The low water condition is interview at his Kaneohe home. on Monday, Wednesday, and decks, loading platforms, walks, serious and requires individual "And of course, the bombers' Saturday, between 6 and 8 p.m. etc. attention. mission was to destroy the German industrial complex." Morgan's first. experience as a fighter pilot came when he flew with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the early days of the empire's struggle. "I was very upset by the fact that America was isolationist," Morgan recounted. "And I wanted to fight the Germans." By the fall of 1941, the Hawaii native was flying as part of the reknowned "Eagle Squadron" of the RAF -a component of eager American flyers battling against the tyranny of Hitler. "We flew escort missions, escorting the RAF's twin-engine A-20 bombers, which bombed airfields in France, Belgium, and Holland. ON THE AIR - Second Lieutenant (former Pilot Officer) W. "Then the Thunderbolts came, Brewster Morgan speaks on a British Broadcasting and we started longer range War II. Morgan, missions. We escorted them all Corporation program during World an the way to the German border, American, served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force until America after which the longer-range entered the war, at which time his "EagleSquadron" was taken Spirfirea escorted them further over by the U.S. Army Air Corps. (Photo courtesy of W. into Germany." Brewster Morgan) His squadron was placed under plane was shot down over the Messerschmidt 109s, he plunged U.S. control in 1942 and Engligh Channel, approximately into the waves below, with a WELCOME BACK l'onya Gabralavage and Marines home from deployment, Story and continued to fly escort and 80 miles from England. schrapnel wound under his left Suzanne Harrison hold painted messages photos of dockside greetings will be in next diversionary missions through- Morgan'e mission that day woe eye and a bullet wound in his leg. against the wind. Linda Kindel], wife of lstSgt. week's Hawaii Marine. (Photo by Mgt. Bob out the war. But Morgan's one of diversion, and it would Soon, life for Morgan wits one Russell Kendall, Wea pone Co., let Bette] ion, 3d Torres) n be did his job well. to welcome participation came to defacto seem that Marines, spray painted the message end on May 21, 1943, when his After a fierce battle with German Cont. on Page A-4 Published by RFD Publications, Inc., a private firm itt no way connected with the Department of the Navy or the U.S.